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2019 TANGLEWOOD SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

TANGLEWOOD—ONE OF THE WORLD’S PREMIER SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS AND FAMED SUMMER HOME OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA SINCE 1937—RELEASES DETAILS ABOUT SUMMER SEASON, JUNE 15-LABOR DAY WEEKEND

TICKETS GO ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, AT WWW.TANGLEWOOD.ORG AND 888-266-1200

BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR ANDRIS NELSONS TO BE IN RESIDENCE AT TANGLEWOOD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, MAKING FOURTEEN CONDUCTING APPEARANCES

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF WAGNER’S COMPLETE DIE WALKÜRE, WITH CHRISTINE GOERKE, AMBER WAGNER, SIMON O’NEILL, AND JAMES RUTHERFORD JOINING

ANDRIS NELSONS AND THE TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA ON JULY 27 AND 28, AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW WORK BY KEVIN PUTS, THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT, BASED ON LETTERS OF GEORGIA O’KEEFFE AND ALFRED STIEGLITZ, AND FEATURING RENÉE FLEMING AND ROD GILFRY

ANDRIS NELSONS ALSO LEADS BSO’S JULY 5 OPENING NIGHT CONCERT OF MAHLER 5 AND MOZART PIANO CONCERTO NO. 22 WITH EMANUEL AX; VERDI’S REQUIEM; RAVEL’S COMPLETE DAPHNIS AND

CHLOÉ; DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, COPLAND’S SYMPHONY NO. 3, STRAVINSKY’S PETRUSHKA, AND WORKS BY ANDRÉ PREVIN, JOAN TOWER, AND BETSY JOLAS, AS WELL AS MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY, GERSHWIN, SHOSTAKOVICH, AND STRAUSS; SOLOISTS APPEARING WITH MR. NELSONS AND THE BSO INCLUDE HÅKAN HARDENBERGER, PAUL LEWIS, JAN LISIECKI, ANNE-SOPHIE

MUTTER, KRISTINE OPOLAIS, AND JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, AS WELL AS BSO MEMBERS THOMAS ROLFS AND ROBERT SHEENA, AND OTHER PRESTIGIOUS ARTISTS

2019 TANGLEWOOD TO LAUNCH THE FIRST SEASON OF THE TANGLEWOOD LEARNING INSTITUTE (TLI)—OFFERING NEW LEVELS OF WIDE-RANGING ENRICHMENT AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES—AND THE

OPENING OF A MAJOR NEW FOUR-BUILDING CENTER FOR MUSIC AND LEARNING; COMPLETE DETAILS OF TLI PROGRAMMING TO BE ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2019

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BOSTON POPS, FILM NIGHT, AND TANGLEWOOD ON PARADE—FAVORITE TRADITIONS OF THE SEASON

BOSTON POPS PRESENTS THREE PROGRAMS CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS: ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER PERFORMS SELECTIONS FROM HER RECENT RECORDING, ACROSS THE STARS: MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS, KEITH LOCKHART LEADS THE SCORE AND SPECIAL FILM PRESENTATION OF STAR

WARS: A NEW HOPE, AND JOHN WILLIAMS INTRODUCES FILM NIGHT WITH CONDUCTOR DAVID NEWMAN; BSO’S CONDUCTOR LEADERSHIP—ANDRIS NELSONS, KEITH LOCKHART, JOHN WILLIAMS,

THOMAS WILKINS, AND JAMES BURTON—LEADS THE EVER-POPULAR TANGLEWOOD ON PARADE CONCERT

A WIDE SPECTRUM OF VISITING ORCHESTRAS, CHAMBER MUSIC, AND VOCAL PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE 25 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCLAIMED OZAWA HALL

HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE KNIGHTS WITH GIL SHAHAM, AND VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA; SOLO, DUO, AND TRIO RECITALS BY YEFIM BRONFMAN, HILARY HAHN, PAUL LEWIS, MILOŠ, GAUTIER CAPUÇON AND

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, AND LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, EMANUEL AX, AND YO-YO MA; THOMAS HAMPSON TO SING WITH THE BEYOND LIBERTY PLAYERS, AND RENÉE FLEMING AND THE EMERSON STRING

QUARTET TO PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW WORK BY ANDRÉ PREVIN AND TOM STOPPARD

GREAT INSTRUMENTALISTS AND SINGERS OF OUR TIME PERFORMING IN THE SHEDJOSHUA BELL/DVOŘÁK VIOLIN CONCERTO; YEFIM BRONFMAN/RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO NO.

3; PAUL LEWIS/MOZART PIANO CONCERTO NO. 12; JAN LISIECKI/GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO; NIKOLAI LUGANSKY/RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1; YO-YO MA/SCHUMANN CELLO CONCERTO; AND

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN/BEETHOVEN ROMANCE NO. 1 WITH THE BSO; YO-YO MA TO PERFORM BACH’S SIX SUITES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CELLO, AS PART OF THE BACH PROJECT—36 CONCERTS ON SIX

CONTINENTS OVER TWO YEARS—MORE AT WWW.YO-YOMA.COM

RENÉE FLEMING IS TANGLEWOOD’S 2019 KOUSSEVITZY ARTIST;SEASON ALSO CELEBRATES SIR ANDRÉ PREVIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY

EXCITING CONDUCTOR DEBUTS AND FAMILIAR PODIUM FACES LEADING ORCHESTRA PROGRAMSANTONIO PAPPANO AND FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH MAKE THEIR TANGLEWOOD CONDUCTING DEBUTS, WHILE YU-AN CHANG AND RAFAEL PAYARE MAKE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES LEADING THE BSO; THEY

JOIN ASSOCIATE BSO CONDUCTOR KEN-DAVID MASUR, BSO ARTISTIC PARTNER THOMAS ADÈS, AND RETURNING GUEST CONDUCTORS ASHER FISCH, GIANCARLO GUERRERO, AND DIMA SLOBODENIOUK

2019 FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AUGUST 8-12, DIRECTED BY THOMAS ADÈSAMERICAN PREMIERES BY RICHARD AYERS, GERALD BARRY, ERICA FOX, GYÖRGY KURTÁG, HILDA

PAREDES, POUL RUDERS, AND NATHAN SHIELDS, AND A WORLD PREMIERE FROM ANDREW HAMILTON; ADDITIONAL COMPOSERS TO BE FEATURED—CHAYA CZERNOWIN, THEA MUSGRAVE, STEVE REICH, AND RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER; HIGHLIGHTS ALSO INCLUDE THE COMPLETE PIANO

WORKS OF OLIVER KNUSSEN AND A SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURING WORKS BY TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER COMPOSERS TO ACCOMPANY SILENT FILM PRESENTATIONS

POPULAR ARTIST AND RADIO BROADCAST PRESENTATIONS OPEN THE 2019 TANGLEWOOD SEASONLIVE FROM HERE AT TANGLEWOOD WITH CHRIS THILE OPENS 2019 SEASON ON JUNE 15; ADDITIONAL

POPULAR ARTIST CONCERTS TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING MONTHS

DELTA AIR LINES IS THE OFFICIAL AIRLINE AND COMMONWEALTH WORLDWIDE EXECUTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS THE OFFICIAL CHAUFFEURED TRANSPORTATION OF THE BSO

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The 2019 Tanglewood season, June 15 through Labor Day weekend, will be a summer of major events and game-changing milestones, alongside the kind of musical offerings that have been at the heart of the festival’s storied history of presenting concerts since 1937. One of the premier summer music festivals in the world and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, Tanglewood is located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills, between Stockbridge and Lenox, Massachusetts. Tickets for the 2019 Tanglewood season go on sale on February 10 at www.tanglewood.org and 888-266-1200.

Brief Overview of 2019 Tanglewood SeasonThe 2019 Tanglewood season will see Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons in residence throughout the month of July, leading 14 programs, including a first for Tanglewood—a concert performance of Wagner’s complete Die Walküre with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and a star-studded cast, presented in three concerts over a two-day period, July 27 & 28. Tanglewood will also be the setting for the BSO’s Nelsons-led world premiere of Kevin Puts’s The Brightness of Light, a work for voices and orchestra inspired by letters between Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz; it was written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, who will be the featured soloists. Ms. Fleming, a favorite guest artist at Tanglewood since her BSO debut there in 1991, has been named the Koussevitzky Artist for the 2019 Tanglewood season. The BSO and Andris Nelsons open the orchestra’s summer season on Friday, July 5, with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, with Emanuel Ax as soloist—the first of twenty BSO programs taking place throughout July and August.

Marking a major milestone in the history and life of Tanglewood and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the 2019 Tanglewood season will see the launch of the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI)—offering participants new levels of wide-ranging enrichment and education initiatives, and the opening of a major new four-building Center for Music and Learning—home to the TLI’s summer programming and supporting the activities of the Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO’s acclaimed summer music academy since 1940. These new buildings will be Tanglewood’s first year-round facilities available for event and concert use by the BSO, Berkshire community, and beyond, starting in fall 2019. Complete details about the launch of the Tanglewood Learning Institute and opening of the Tanglewood Center for Music and Learning will be announced on February 7, 2019.

These major events and milestones take place during a season that also honors Tanglewood’s cherished musical traditions, among them concerts by the one and only Boston Pops, including the annual John Williams’ Film Night; a series of chamber music and recital programs in the acoustically acclaimed Ozawa Hall, celebrating its 25th anniversary season in 2019; frequent performances by the talented Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, and a Popular Artist series. The BSO’s musical leadership, Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams, are joined by an extraordinary roster of guest artists, including beloved familiar faces—Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, and Joshua Bell; other favorite performers—Yefim Bronfman, Christine Goerke, Hilary Hahn, Paul Lewis, Ryan Speedo Green, Thomas Hampson, Leonidas Kavakos, Ken-David Masur, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kristine Opolais, Morris Robinson, Gil Shaham, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet; and exciting debuts—Inon Barnatan, J’Nai Bridges, Yu-An Chang, MILOŠ, Simon O’Neill, and François-Xavier Roth, who make their first appearances at the storied music festival. The 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music, under the direction of BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès, August 8-12, boasts a tremendous array of works by composers of our time and recent history, with nine American premieres, including works by Richard Ahers, Gerald Barry, Erica Fox, György Kurtág, Hilda Paredes, Poul Ruders, and Nathan Shields, as well as a TMC-commissioned world premiere from Andrew Hamilton; there will also be a special concert dedicated to the piano works of Oliver Knussen.

Musical highlights of the season also include Copland’s Symphony No. 3, Debussy’s La Mer, Dvořák’s New World Symphony, Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Betsy Jolas’ A Little Summer Suite, Ravel’s La Valse and Daphnis and Chloé (complete), Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 2, Strauss’ “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome, Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1, and an Andris Nelsons-led Verdi Requiem, as well as works by Brahms, Gershwin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Stravinsky, among many other favorite composers. The traditional season-ending finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with a cast of acclaimed soloists and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor, will be led by Giancarlo Guerrero; the program will open with Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erde (Peace on Earth) for unaccompanied chorus. In another major highlight of the 2019 season, Yo-Yo Ma, who will be featured in three concerts during the 2019 Tanglewood in season, will make a special solo appearance in the Shed, performing Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites as part of his own two-year The Bach Project, in which Mr. Ma will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in 36 locations on six continents.

In addition to the programs of the 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music, new works to be performed during the season include two world premieres—Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra, by BSO Choral Director James Burton, featuring the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir; and André Previn and Tom Stoppard’s Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, and soprano, with Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet—as well as the American premiere of Avner Dorman’s Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra, with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsythe. The performance of Penelope, along with André Previn’s Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie, written for and featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter, will take place in celebration of Sir André Previn’s 90th birthday year.

Beyond the schedule of performances, Tanglewood continues to offer a wide variety of discounted ticket options, among them $20 tickets for attendees under 40 and free lawn tickets to young people age 17 and under—two of the festival’s most popular ticket offerings—as well as a variety of special programs for families and children, including Kids’ Corner, Watch and Play, the annual Family Concert, which will feature the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Wilkins on July 27, and Summer Sundays, an afternoon of entertaining and educational activities planned around the weekly Sunday-afternoon BSO concerts. Tickets for the 2019 season—regular-season ticket prices range from $12-$130—go on sale to the public on Sunday, February 10 at www.tanglewood.org and 888-266-1200. Visit www.tanglewood.org for complete information about concert programming, ticket purchasing, and the many family- and children-centric programs Tanglewood offers each summer.

Full season details of the 2019 Tanglewood season, including downloadable photos and video, program listings, and artist photos and biographies are available here.

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2019 TANGLEWOOD SEASON

ANDRIS NELSONS’ JULY 2019 SUMMER RESIDENCY LEADING 14 ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS

A First for Tanglewood—a Concert Performance of Wagner’s Complete Die Walküre In one of the biggest undertakings in Tanglewood’s 82-year history, Andris Nelsons , the Ray and Maria Stata BSO Music Director, will lead a complete concert performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre, with a cast of superb soloists including Amber Wagner (Sieglinde), Christine Goerke (Brünnhilde), Simon O’Neill (Siegmund), James Rutherford (Wotan), and Ain Anger (Hunding), performing the work with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra over the course of two days and three performances: Saturday,

July 27, at 8 p.m. (Act I) and Sunday, July 28, at 2:30 p.m. (Act II) and 6:30 p.m. (Act III). On July 20, Mr. Nelsons will lead another major event of the summer—the world premiere performance of Kevin Puts’ The Brightness of Light, inspired by letters of iconic American artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, the photographer and curator Alfred Stieglitz. This new work, written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, will feature the two singers in a Boston Symphony performance also using projections by video artist Wendell Harrington.

Another greatly anticipated event of the 2019 Tanglewood season will be an Andris Nelsons-led BSO performance of the Verdi Requiem on July 13 with soprano Kristine Opolais, mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova, tenor Jonathan Tetelman, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, along with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor.

Soloists Appearing with Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its Opening Night concert of the season on Friday, July 5, with Tanglewood favorite Emanuel Ax performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, on a program with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. The following evening, Saturday, July 6, Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program opening with Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1, followed by the BSO’s first Tanglewood performance of André Previn’s Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie, featuring the dedicatee of the work, Anne-Sophie Mutter, as soloist; this program ends with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World. BSO principal trumpet Tom Rolfs and English horn player Robert Sheena join Mr. Nelsons and the orchestra for the opening work on the July 12 program, Copland’s Quiet City, followed by a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Jan Lisiecki in his Tanglewood debut and ending with Copland’s Symphony No. 3. Andris Nelsons’ close collaborator Håkan Hardenberger will be the featured soloist in HK Gruber’s Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, in a July 14 program with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Strauss’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome.

A July 19 BSO program of Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s La Valse opens with Betsy Jolas’ A Little Summer Suite; the program also features Gautier Capuçon in Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1. On July 21, Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the featured soloist for two works by Gershwin—Piano Concerto in F and Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra; Mr. Nelsons leads the BSO in a performance of Stravinsky’s Petrushka to complete the program. Mr. Nelsons opens the July 26 program with a performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 2, continuing the orchestra’s Grammy Award-winning cycle of Shostakovich’s symphonies on Deutsche Grammophon, and closes the program with Ravel’s complete Daphnis and Chloé, featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor; in between these two works, Paul Lewis takes center stage to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414.

Andris Nelsons leads Tanglewood on Parade and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra The 2019 Tanglewood on Parade concert on July 23 will be led by the BSO’s active conductor roster including BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons, Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams, BSO Youth and Family Concerts Conductor Thomas Wilkins, and BSO Choral Director and Tanglewood Festival Chorus Conductor James Burton. This year’s annual extravaganza features the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood Music Center orchestras in a program to include “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre; the world premiere of a new work, Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra, by TFC Conductor James Burton, featuring the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir in their only 2019 Tanglewood appearance; and the traditional program finale—Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, followed by a spectacular fireworks display over the Stockbridge Bowl. Mr. Nelsons will also lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a July 8 program at Ozawa Hall including Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 and the TMC-commissioned world premiere of Detlef Glanert’s Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, featuring BSO principal trumpet Thomas Rolfs;

Tchaikovsky’s fantasy-overture Hamlet and an additional work led by TMC Conducting Fellows will complete the program.

THREE BOSTON POPS CONCERTS CELEBRATE THE ART OF JOHN WILLIAMS The Boston Pops performs at Tanglewood several times throughout the 2019 Tanglewood season, including three programs celebrating the art of Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams. The first of these programs takes place on Sunday, July 7, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and guest conductor David Newman featured in a program entitled “Across the Stars: Music of John Williams,” inspired by Ms. Mutter’s recent recording of the same name. The program will showcase the violinist in music from Mr. Williams’ iconic scores in brilliant new arrangements created especially for her, including such familiar themes as Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as the haunting melodies of Schindler’s List. On Friday, August 16, Tanglewood presents Star Wars: A New Hope, a showing of the classic 1977 film, with the Boston Pops Orchestra performing Mr. Williams’ iconic score, under the direction of Keith Lockhart , the Julian and Eunice Cohen Boston Pops Conductor . Long established as one of Tanglewood’s most anticipated and beloved evenings, John Williams’ Film Night returns on Saturday, August 24, with Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams introducing the festive evening, which features the Boston Pops and conductor David Newman performing a program celebrating the music of Hollywood and more.

ONE-NIGHT-ONLY PERFORMANCE OF BACH CELLO SUITES BY YO-YO MA IN THE SHEDOn Sunday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m., in a special, evening Shed concert, Yo-Yo Ma performs J.S. Bach’s six Suites for unaccompanied cello, music that has given him, in his own words, “sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss.” Following upon the release of his third and final recording of this music, the concert is part of his two-year global initiative, “The Bach Project,” encompassing performances he will give of the Bach suites across six continents, coupled with what he calls “days of action,” seeking “to put culture in action by bringing people and organizations together to address pressing social issues” and “invite all of us to think differently about the role of culture in society.”

GUEST CONDUCTORS: NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES ON THE BSO PODIUM Concerts Led by BSO Family Members: Thomas Adès, Yu-An Chang, Ken-David Masur, and Thomas WilkinsIn addition to Andris Nelsons’ performances with the BSO throughout July, the 2019 Tanglewood season features an array of guest conductors and soloists during the final four weeks of the BSO’s summer season, including programs led by four members of the BSO family. On Sunday, August 11, BSO Deborah and Philip Edmundson Artistic Partner Thomas Adès leads the orchestra in a program including Ives’ Three Places in New England and two works by Beethoven: his Symphony No. 6, Pastoral, and Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring pianist Inon Barnatan in his BSO and Tanglewood debuts. On Friday, August 2, violinist Joshua Bell marks his 30th anniversary performing at Tanglewood (having first performed with the BSO at Tanglewood on July 22, 1989, returning to perform at Tanglewood every summer since), joining BSO Associate Conductor Ken-David Masur and the orchestra for Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, on a program with Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. BSO Assistant Conductor Yu-An Chang makes his BSO debut on Friday, August 23, leading Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Schubert’s Symphony No. 2, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, featuring Ingrid Fliter. On Saturday, July 27, at 10 a.m., Thomas Wilkins, the BSO’s Germeshausen Youth & Family Concerts Conductor, leads the Boston Symphony in the annual Family Concert in Ozawa Hall.

BSO and Tanglewood Conductor Debuts: Rafael Payare and François-Xavier Roth The 2019 Tanglewood season will also see the BSO and Tanglewood debut of Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, who leads the orchestra on Saturday, August 10 in Carreño’s Margaritena, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Nikolai Lugansky, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. François-

Xavier Roth makes his Tanglewood debut conducting the BSO in two programs featuring music by Schumann and Brahms on August 17 and 18. On Saturday, August 17, he is joined by pianist Kirill Gerstein for Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 on a program with Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. On Sunday, August 18, Mr. Roth is joined by Yo-Yo Ma for Schumann’s Cello Concerto, on a program with Brahms’ Serenade No. 1 and Schumann’s Concert Piece for four horns and orchestra, featuring members of the BSO horn section.

Returning Guest Conductors Asher Fisch, Giancarlo Guerrero, Leonidas Kavakos, and Dima Slobodeniouk Leonidas Kavakos joins the BSO as conductor and violinist on Friday, August 9, for a program including Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. The 2019 Tanglewood season also sees the return on Saturday, August 3, of conductor Asher Fisch, who is joined by violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsythe for the American premiere Avner Dorman’s BSO-commissioned Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra, written in celebration of Mr. Zukerman’s 70 th birthday; the program also includes the overture to Schumann’s Genoveva, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Scottish, and Beethoven’s Romance No. 1 in G for violin and orchestra, featuring Mr. Zukerman. Pianist Yefim Bronfman joins Russian conductor Dima Slobodeniouk and the BSO on Sunday, August 4, for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on a program with Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1. With vocal soloists Nicole Cabell, J’Nai Bridges, Nicholas Phan, and Morris Robinson and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, returning guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads the BSO in the orchestra’s traditional season-ending performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on Sunday, August 25. The concert opens with Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erde (Peace on Earth) for unaccompanied chorus, also featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

ESTEEMED VOCALISTS, FREQUENT COLLABORATORS, FAVORITE PIANISTS, GUEST ORCHESTRAS TO BE FEATURED IN 25 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OF OZAWA HALL Renée Fleming with the Emerson String Quartet and Thomas Hampson with the Beyond Liberty PlayersThe 2019 Ozawa Hall schedule, celebrating the 25th anniversary season of the highly acclaimed and award-winning Ozawa Hall, features performances by an especially wide-ranging variety of world-class vocalists, instrumentalists, chamber ensembles, and visiting orchestras. On Wednesday, July 24, the Emerson String Quartet and 2019 Koussevitzky Artist Renée Fleming perform the BSO-commissioned world premiere of André Previn and Tom Stoppard’s Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, and piano, as part of the BSO’s celebration of Sir André’s 90th birthday; the program will also include works by Walker, Barber, and Richard Wernick. Thomas Hampson and the Beyond Liberty Players bring the American songbook to Ozawa Hall on Wednesday, July 31, for an evening entitled Song of America: Beyond Liberty, exploring the influential people and monumental events that helped create and define America.

Frequent Collaborators Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo MaOn Tuesday, August 6, frequent collaborators pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform an all-Beethoven program of trios for piano, violin, and cello in Ozawa Hall. On Tuesday, August 13, Mr. Ax and Mr. Kavakos perform an all-Beethoven program including Violin Sonatas No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23; No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1, and No. 10 in G, Op. 96.

Pianists Yefim Bronfman, Paul Lewis, and Jean-Yves ThibaudetOn Tuesday, July 30, pianist Paul Lewis continues his multi-year survey of the music of Haydn, Brahms, and Beethoven, performing Haydn’s Sonatas 34 in E minor and 52 in E-flat; Brahms’s Three Intermezzi, Op. 117, and Beethoven’s Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33. Pianist Yefim Bronfman returns to Tanglewood on Wednesday, August 7, for an all-Beethoven program including Piano Sonatas 5, 6, 7, and 23 (Appassionata). On Wednesday, July 17, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs in Ozawa Hall with cellist Gautier Capuçon, performing Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; Brahms’s Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38; Sibelius’ Malinconia, and Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40.

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, The Knights, andVenice Baroque Orchestra On Thursday, July 11, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, led by conductor and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon and featuring mandolin player Avi Avital, performs a program of works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Corelli, and Barbella. Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano and the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America perform Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony and Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in Ozawa Hall on Thursday, August 1. The Knights, led by conductor Eric Jacobsen, return to Tanglewood on Thursday, August 15, performing a program of works by Hungarian composers Ligeti, Kurtág, and Kodály as well as Brahms’ Violin Concerto, featuring Gil Shaham, and four of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances as arranged by Paul Brantley. In one of only two U.S. engagements on the ensemble’s 2019 international tour, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, led by conductor Huichang Yan, closes out the Ozawa Hall schedule on Wednesday, August 21, with a program based on its repertoire of time-honored Chinese music and contemporary works, many composed especially for the orchestra by some of the leading composers of our time. With its roots in the musical heritage of its homeland, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is a cultural phenomenon—an ensemble of more than 80 players, performing on traditional Chinese instruments placed in a Western orchestral configuration.

Hilary Hahn, Stefan Jackiw, MILOŠ, and Jeremy Denk with Hudson ShadOn Wednesday, July 10, violinist Hilary Hahn performs a solo all-Bach program including Sonatas No. 2 in A minor and No. 3 in C, and the Partita No. 3 in E. Award-winning classical guitarist MILOŠ makes his Tanglewood debut on Tuesday, July 16, with music of Bach, Granados, Albéniz, Villa-Lobos, Duplessy, and the Beatles. On Thursday, July 25, violinist Stefan Jackiw makes his Tanglewood debut in an all-Ives performance also featuring pianist Jeremy Denk and the vocal quartet Hudson Shad; the program includes Ives’ Violin Sonatas 1-4, as well as a selection of hymns, patriotic songs, and marches that inspired the sonatas.

2019 FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THOMAS ADÈS During the 2019 Tanglewood season, BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès curates his second Festival of Contemporary Music, August 8-12. The 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music, featuring performances by Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center, will include a world premiere by composer Andrew Hamilton, and nine American premiere performances of works by Richard Ayres, Gerald Barry, Erika Fox, Andrew Hamilton, György Kurtág, Hilda Paredes, Poul Ruders, and Nathan Shields.

Richard Ayers, Andrew Hamilton, and Hilda Paredes The Festival opens on Thursday, August 8, at 8 p.m., with the American premiere of a concert performance of Richard Ayers’s 2005 chamber opera The Cricket Recovers. Based on an award-winning collection of children’s stories by Dutch author Toon Tellgen and featuring a libretto by Rozalie Hirs, The Cricket Recovers explores human struggles through a series of animal protagonists. On Friday, August 9, at 2:30 p.m., the Festival of Contemporary Music continues with the American premieres of Erika Fox’s Hungarian Rhapsody and Hilda Paredes’s Altazor, and the world premiere and TMC commission of a new work by Irish composer Andrew Hamilton.

Chaya Czernowin, Thea Musgrave, Steven Reich, Poul Ruders, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Nathan ShieldsThe TMC prelude concert on Saturday, August 10, at 6 p.m., features The New Fromm Players and other Tanglewood Music Center Fellows in the American premiere of Poul Ruders’s String Quartet No. 3, Ruth Crawford Seeger’s Quartet, and Israeli-American composer Chaya Czernowin’s Anea Crystal for two string quartets. On Sunday, August 11, at 10 a.m., TMC Fellows perform a program of works for larger ensembles, including the American premiere of Andrew Hamilton’s music for people who like art, Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite, and Thea Musgrave’s Space Play. The program also includes the American

premiere of a new work by Nathan Shields (a TMC co-commission with the Mendelssohn Academy Orchestra of the Leipzig Gewandhaus). This year’s Festival will also feature a program of short silent films with original scores by the Composition Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center. The date for this program will be announced in the new year.

Thomas Adès, Gerald Barry, György Kurtág, Oliver Knussen, and Poul RudersClosing out the 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music on August 12, Thomas Adès and TMC Conducting Fellows lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in an 8 p.m. performance in Ozawa Hall including three American premieres: Gerald Barry’s Canada, for tenor and orchestra; Poul Ruders’s Symphony No. 5, and György Kurtág’s …concertante…, Op. 42, for violin, viola, and orchestra. The program also includes Oliver Knussen’s Whitman Settings, for soprano and orchestra. The August 10 prelude concert at 6 p.m. features the complete piano works of Oliver Knussen, who was involved with Tanglewood for more than 40 years as a Fellow, director of the TMC’s composition program (1986-93), and most recently co-director of the 2015 Festival of Contemporary Music. His works on this summer’s FCM were programmed by Mr. Adès in memoriam of Mr. Knussen, who passed away in July 2018.

Additional performances by the Tanglewood Music Center OrchestraIn addition to the Andris Nelsons-led complete concert performance of Die Walküre over three concerts on July 27 & 28, Tanglewood on Parade on July 23, and the 2019 Festival of Contemporary Music final program on August 12 (all described above), the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra will be featured in two additional programs. On Monday, July 15, conductor Stefan Asbury—head of the Tanglewood Music Center conducting faculty—and TMC Conducting Fellows lead the orchestra in a program to include Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, and the world premiere and TMC commission of a new work for chamber orchestra by former TMC Fellow Helen Grime. Giancarlo Guerrero joins the TMCO on Sunday, August 18, for the orchestra’s final concert of the 2019 season, which will include a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.

Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center are featured in vocal and chamber music performances throughout the summer, with further details to be announced at a later date.

2019 TANGLEWOOD POPULAR ARTIST SERIES For the second season, American Public Media’s popular Live from Here broadcasts from Tanglewood Saturday, June 15, with its host, vocalist and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile. Additional Popular Artist concerts will be announced in the New Year.

TICKET DETAILS/DISCOUNTED OPTIONS/ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIESTickets for the 2019 season—regular-season ticket prices range from $12-$130—go on sale to the public on Sunday, February 10 at www.tanglewood.org and 888-266-1200. Details appear at end of this press release about purchasing tickets and Tanglewood’s wide variety of discounted ticket options, among them $20 tickets for attendees under 40 and free lawn tickets to young people age 17 and under—two of the festival’s most popular ticket offerings, as well as a variety of special programs for children and families, including Kids’ Corner, Watch and Play, the annual Family Concert, under the direction of Thomas Wilkins on July 27, and Summer Sundays, an afternoon of entertaining and educational activities planned around the weekly Sunday-afternoon BSO concerts. Visit www.tanglewood.org for complete information about concert programming, ticket purchasing, and the many family- and children-centric programs Tanglewood offers each summer.

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Pre-season concerts (June 15-July 4):

For the second season, American Public Media’s popular Live from Here broadcasts from Tanglewood Saturday, June 15, with its host, vocalist and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile. Additional Popular Artist concerts will be announced in early 2019.

Saturday, June 15 5:45 p.m. ShedPopular Artists SeriesLive from Here at Tanglewoodwith Chris ThileLive broadcastAmerican Public Media’s popular Live from Here returns to Tanglewood, with its host Chris Thile. He will be joined by an incredible array of special musical guests—some known to all, and some who soon will be!—for a unique blend of comedy and spoken word. A vocalist and mandolin virtuoso, Chris will perform his Song of the Week, written especially by Thile for the evening's program.

^ Tanglewood debut^^ Boston Symphony Orchestra debut

+ Tanglewood and Boston Symphony Orchestra debuts** 2019 Koussevitzky Artist

Week 1 (July 5-11):

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 Tanglewood season opens Friday, July 5, with Music Director Andris Nelsons leading the orchestra in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482, with pianist Emanuel Ax, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. On Saturday, July 6, renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs André Previn’s Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie—written for her in 2001 by Mr. Previn, whose 90th birthday the BSO celebrates this season—with the orchestra and Maestro Nelsons on a program with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9. Ms. Mutter then joins the Boston Pops Orchestra and conductor David Newman on Sunday, July 7, for a program of music by celebrated film composer and Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams. Violinist Hilary Hahn performs an all-Bach program on Wednesday, July 10, and on Thursday, July 11, the Venice Baroque Orchestra performs in Ozawa Hall. Led by conductor and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon and featuring mandolin player Avi Avital, the orchestra performs a program of works by Italian Baroque composers, including Vivaldi, Albinoni, Corelli, and Barbella.

Friday, July 5, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 5, 8 p.m. ShedOpening Night at TanglewoodBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K.482MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Saturday, July 6, 10:30 a.m. ShedRehearsal, Saturday program

Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorAnne-Sophie Mutter, violinJoan TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1André PREVIN Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie*DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

*Celebrating Sir André Previn’s 90th birthday

Sunday, July 7, 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Pops OrchestraDavid Newman, conductorAnne-Sophie Mutter, violinAcross the Stars: Music of John WilliamsJoin the Boston Pops for the first of three programs this summer, celebrating the art of John Williams. Drawing from her recent recording “Across the Stars,” the great violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections from Mr. Williams’s iconic scores in brilliant new arrangements created especially for her. The program includes music from Star Wars and Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as the haunting melodies of Schindler’s List.

Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Hilary Hahn, violinALL-J.S. BACH PROGRAMSonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006Sonata No. 3 in C for solo violin, BWV 1005

Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallVenice Baroque Orchestra^Andrea Marcon, conductor and harpsichord^Avi Avital, mandolinVIVALDI Sinfonia in C for strings and continuo, from L’Olimpiade, RV 725VIVALDI Concerto in D for lute, strings, and continuo, RV 93 ALBINONI Concerto in G for strings and continuo, Op. 7, No. 4 VIVALDI Concerto in G for mandolin, recorder, strings, and continuo, RV 532CORELLI Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4BARBELLA Concerto in D for mandolin, strings, and continuoVIVALDI Sinfonia in C for strings and basso continuo, RV 114 VIVALDI Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2, Summer

Week 2 (July 12-17):

On Friday, July 12, Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in Copland’s Quiet City—featuring two BSO principals, trumpet player Thomas Rolfs and English hornist Robert Sheena—and Symphony No. 3. Jan Lisiecki makes his Tanglewood debut in Grieg’s Piano Concerto. On Saturday, July 13, in one of the most anticipated performances of the summer, Mr. Nelsons leads the BSO in Verdi’s Requiem with soprano Kristine Opolais, mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova, tenor Jonathan Tetelman, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, along with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor. Swedish trumpet player Håkan Hardenberger joins Maestro Nelsons and the orchestra on Sunday, July 14, for HK Gruber’s Aerial. The performance also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and the “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Strauss’s Salome. In Ozawa Hall, on Tuesday, July 16, classical guitarist Miloš makes his Tanglewood debut, and on Wednesday, July 17, cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet perform together in recital.

Friday, July 12, 6 p.m. Ozawa Hall Prelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 12, 6 p.m. 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorJan Lisiecki, piano^Thomas Rolfs, trumpetRobert Sheena, English hornCOPLAND Quiet CityGRIEG Piano ConcertoCOPLAND Symphony No. 3

Saturday, July 13, 10:30 a.m. Shed Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 13, 8 p.m. Shed Boston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorKristine Opolais, sopranoOksana Volkova, mezzo-soprano+Jonathan Tetelman, tenorRyan Speedo Green, bass-baritoneTanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductorVERDI Requiem

Sunday, July 14, 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorHåkan Hardenberger, trumpetBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4HK GRUBER Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestraSTRAUSS “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome

Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallMiloš, classical guitar^J.S. BACH Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 997GRANADOS from 12 Spanish Dances: No. 5, Andaluza No. 2, OrientalALBÉNIZ AsturiasVILLA-LOBOS Five PreludesLENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) “Blackbird”LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) “Yesterday”HARRISON/LENNON/McCARTNEY (arr. Sergio Assad) “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” Mathias DUPLESSY Cavalcade

Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallGautier Capuçon, celloJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoSCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38SIBELIUS Malinconia, Op. 20SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Week 3 (July 19-25):

Andris Nelsons continues his four weeks of programs with the BSO on Friday, July 19, leading the orchestra in a French program, including works by Debussy, Ravel, and French-American composer Betsy Jolas. Gautier Capuçon joins the orchestra for Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1. On Saturday, July 20, Maestro Nelsons and the BSO perform the world premiere of Kevin Puts’s The Brightness of Light, a work for voices and orchestra inspired by letters between Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz; it was written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, the featured soloists. Mr. Nelsons also conducts Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Mr. Nelsons and the BSO on Sunday, July 21, for two works by Gershwin: the Piano Concerto in F and Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra. The BSO also performs Stravinsky’s Petrushka. Tanglewood on Parade, featuring the BSO, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, takes place this year on Tuesday, July 23. The BSO’s entire conducting leadership—Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins, and James Burton—will conduct the concert, which includes the traditional program finale, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, followed by a spectacular fireworks display over the Stockbridge Bowl. On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Koussevitzky Artist Renée Fleming joins the Emerson String Quartet for a program including the world premiere of a new work by André Previn and renowned playwright Tom Stoppard: Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, and piano. Closing out the week, violinist Stefan Jackiw, pianist Jeremy Denk, and vocal quartet Hudson Shad perform an all-Ives program on Thursday, July 25, in Ozawa Hall.

Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 19, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorGautier Capuçon, celloBetsy JOLAS A Little Summer SuiteSAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1DEBUSSY La MerRAVEL La Valse

UnderScore Friday ConcertSaturday, July 20, 10:30 a.m. ShedRehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorRenée Fleming, soprano**Rod Gilfry, baritone+Wendall Harrington, video artistELGAR Enigma VariationsKevin PUTS The Brightness of Light (world premiere; BSO co-commission)The letters of iconic American artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, the photographer and curator Alfred Stieglitz, are full of poetry, humor, passion, pain, and longing. Written over the many months and years they lived apart, these letters chronicle their initial flirtations in 1915—when Georgia was a young, aspiring artist—to Alfred’s death in 1946. Written especially for Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry, and accompanied by projections by Wendall Harrington, The Brightness of Light is the story of a great artist who ultimately turns from a painful marriage to embrace her work and the desert landscape she loves.

Sunday, July 21 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoGERSHWIN Piano Concerto in FGERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestraSTRAVINSKY Petrushka

Tuesday, July 23, 8 p.m. ShedTanglewood on ParadeBoston Symphony OrchestraBoston Pops OrchestraTanglewood Music Center OrchestraBoston Symphony Children’s ChoirAndris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins, and James Burton, conductorsProgram to includeWAGNER “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die WalküreJames BURTON Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra (world premiere)TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Fireworks to follow the concert

Wednesday, July 24, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallRenée Fleming, soprano**Emerson String QuartetWALKER Lyric for StringsRichard WERNICK String Quartet No. 10BARBER String Quartet, Op. 11André PREVIN and Tom STOPPARD Penelope, for soprano, string quartet, and piano (world premiere; BSO co-commission)*

*Celebrating Sir André Previn’s 90th birthday

Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallStefan Jackiw, violin^Jeremy Denk, pianoHudson Shad, vocal quartet^ALL-IVES PROGRAMViolin Sonata No. 4, Children’s DayViolin Sonata No. 3Violin Sonata No. 2Violin Sonata No. 1Plus hymns, patriotic songs, and marches that inspired these sonatasWeek 4 (July 26-August 1):

In one of the biggest undertakings in Tanglewood’s 82-year history, Andris Nelsons will lead a complete concert performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre, with a cast of superb soloists including Amber Wagner (Sieglinde), Christine Goerke (Brünnhilde), Simon O’Neill (Siegmund), James Rutherford (Wotan), and Ain Anger (Hunding), performing the work with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra over the course of two days and three performances: Saturday, July 27, at 8 p.m. (Act I) and Sunday, July 28, at 2:30 p.m. (Act II) and 6:30 p.m. (Act III). Prior to those concerts, on Friday, July 26, Mr. Nelsons and the BSO are joined by Paul Lewis for Mozart’s Piano Concerto. No. 12 in A, K.414, on a program with the BSO’s first performance of Shostakovich’s rarely heard Symphony No. 2 and Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloé. Mr. Lewis continues his survey of the music of Haydn, Brahms, and Beethoven, in Ozawa Hall on July 30. On Wednesday, July 31, baritone Thomas Hampson, pianist Lara Downes, and the Beyond Liberty Players perform a program entitled “Songs of America: Beyond Liberty,” performing works from the American Songbook to explore the influential people and monumental events that helped create and define “the land of the free.” The National Youth Orchestra of the United States returns to Tanglewood on Thursday, August 1, under the baton of conductor Sir Antonio Pappano in a program featuring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

Friday, July 26, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 26, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorPaul Lewis, pianoTanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductorSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. Ozawa HallBoston Symphony OrchestraThomas Wilkins, conductorBSO Family Concert

Saturday, July 27, 10:30 a.m. ShedRehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, July 27, 8 p.m. ShedThe Leonard Bernstein Memorial ConcertTanglewood Music Center OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorAmber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)^Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I

Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles

Sunday, July 28, 2:30 p.m. (Act II) ShedSunday, July 28, 6:30 p.m. (Act III) ShedTanglewood Music Center OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductorAmber Wagner, soprano (Sieglinde)Christine Goerke, soprano (Brünnhilde)Mezzo-soprano to be announced (Fricka)Simon O’Neill, tenor (Siegmund)James Rutherford, bass-baritone (Wotan)^Ain Anger, bass (Hunding)WAGNER Die Walküre, Acts II and III

Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles

Tuesday, July 30, 8 p.m. Ozawa Hall

Paul Lewis, pianoHAYDN Sonata No. 34 in E minorBRAHMS Three Intermezzi, Op. 117BEETHOVEN Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33HAYDN Sonata No. 52 in E-flat

Wednesday, July 31, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallThomas Hampson, baritoneLara Downes, piano^The Beyond Liberty Players^Song of America: Beyond Liberty Beloved American baritone Thomas Hampson opens the American Songbook to explore the influential people and monumental events that helped create and define “the land of the free.” Guiding the audience through centuries of stories, Mr. Hampson will share personal anecdotes and readings, offering a rich context within which to celebrate America’s history of song.

Thursday, August 1, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallNational Youth Orchestra of the United States of AmericaSir Antonio Pappano, conductor^Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano^BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’étéSTRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Week 5 (August 2-7)

On Friday, August 2, violinist Joshua Bell marks his 30th anniversary performing at Tanglewood, joining BSO Associate Conductor Ken-David Masur and the orchestra for Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, on a program with Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. Conductor Asher Fisch is joined by violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth for the American premiere and BSO co-commission of Avner Dorman’s Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra on Saturday, August 3, celebrating Mr. Zukerman’s 70 th birthday; the program also includes the overture to Schumann’s Genoveva, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Scottish, and Beethoven’s Romance No. 1 in G for violin and orchestra, featuring Mr. Zukerman. Pianist Yefim Bronfman joins Russian conductor Dima Slobodeniouk and the BSO on Sunday, August 4, for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on a program with Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1. Mr. Bronfman performs an all-Beethoven program in recital on Wednesday, August 7, in Ozawa Hall. On Tuesday, August 6, frequent collaborators pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform select Beethoven piano trios in recital together in Ozawa Hall.

Friday, August 2, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 2, 8 p.m. ShedThe Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial ConcertBoston Symphony OrchestraKen-David Masur, conductorJoshua Bell, violinMARTINŮ Memorial to LidiceDVOŘÁK Violin ConcertoDVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

UnderScore Friday Concert

Saturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m. ShedRehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 3, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraAsher Fisch, conductorPinchas Zukerman, violinAmanda Forsyth, celloSCHUMANN Overture to GenovevaAvner DORMAN Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission)BEETHOVEN Romance No. 1 in G for violin and orchestraMENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish

Sunday, August 4, 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraDima Slobodeniouk, conductorYefim Bronfman, pianoRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

Wednesday, August 6, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallEmanuel Ax, pianoLeonidas Kavakos, violinYo-Yo Ma, celloALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAMSelected trios for piano, violin, and celloWednesday, August 7, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallYefim Bronfman, piano

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAMSonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No. 2Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata

Week 6 (August 9-15)

Leonidas Kavakos joins the BSO as conductor and violinist on Friday, August 9, for a program including Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. On Saturday, August 10, Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare makes his BSO and Tanglewood debuts, leading the orchestra on August 10 in Carreño’s Margaritena, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Nikolai Lugansky, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1. BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Adès conducts the BSO on Sunday, August 11, in a program including Ives’s Three Places in New England and two works by Beethoven: his Symphony No. 6, Pastoral, and Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring pianist Inon Barnatan in his BSO and Tanglewood debuts. On Sunday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m., Yo-Yo Ma performs Bach’s Suites for unaccompanied cello in the Shed. The performance is part of Mr. Ma’s The Bach Project, in which Mr. Ma sets out to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in one sitting in 36 locations on six continents, coinciding with the release of Mr. Ma’s third and final recording of the famous work for solo cello, a touchstone of the cello repertoire. On Tuesday, August 13, Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos perform an all-Beethoven program including Violin Sonatas No. 4, 6, and 10, and on Thursday, August 15, The Knights return to Ozawa Hall with violinist Gil Shaham as soloist in Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

Friday, August 9, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 9, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraLeonidas Kavakos, conductor and violinBEETHOVEN Violin ConcertoDVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

UnderScore Friday Concert

Saturday, August 10, 10:30 a.m. ShedRehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 10, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraRafael Payare, conductor+Nikolai Lugansky, pianoCARREÑO MargaritenaRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Sunday, August 11, 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraThomas Adès, conductorInon Barnatan, piano+IVES Three Places in New EnglandBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Sunday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.ShedYo-Yo Ma, celloJ.S. BACH Suites for unaccompanied celloIn this special Sunday-evening Shed concert, Yo-Yo Ma plays all six of J.S. Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello, music that has given him, in his own words, “sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss.” This concert is part of his two-year global initiative, “The Bach Project,” encompassing performances he will give of the Bach suites across six continents, coupled with what he calls “days of action,” seeking “to put culture in action by bringing people and organizations together to address pressing social issues” and “invite all of us to think differently about the role of culture in society.”

Tuesday, August 13, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallLeonidas Kavakos, violinEmanuel Ax, pianoALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAMViolin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96

Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallThe KnightsEric Jacobsen, conductorGil Shaham, violinLIGETI Concert Românesc BRAHMS Violin ConcertoGyörgy KURTÁG Signs, Games, and MessagesKODÁLY Dances of GalántaBRAHMS (arr. Paul Brantley) Four Hungarian Dances

Week 7 (August 16-21)

On Friday, August 16, Tanglewood presents Star Wars: A New Hope, featuring a viewing of the classic 1977 film, with the Boston Pops Orchestra performing John Williams’s iconic score, under the direction of Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart. François-Xavier Roth makes his Tanglewood debut conducting the BSO in two programs, Saturday, August 17, and Sunday, August 18, featuring music by Schumann and Brahms. On Saturday, , he is joined by pianist Kirill Gerstein for Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on a program with Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. On Sunday, Yo-Yo Ma joins Mr. Roth and the orchestra for Schumann’s Cello Concerto on a program with Schumann’s Concert Piece for four horns and orchestra, featuring BSO horn players, and Brahms’s Serenade No. 1. In one of only two U.S. engagements on the ensemble’s 2019 international tour, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, led by conductor Huichang Yan, closes out the Ozawa Hall schedule on Wednesday, August 21, with a program based on its repertoire of both time-honored Chinese music and contemporary works, many composed especially for the orchestra by some of the leading composers of our time.

Friday, August 16, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertMembers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 16, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Pops OrchestraKeith Lockhart, conductorStar Wars: A New Hope (film with live orchestra)Join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops as they present this classic film with live orchestral accompaniment. Set 30 years after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: A New Hope, the fourth episode of the saga, returns to the desert planet of Tatooine. A young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) begins to discover his destiny when, searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness). A civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against the evil Galactic Empire, Luke and Obi- Wan enlist the aid of hotshot pilot, Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Joined by the quirky droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO, the unlikely team sets out to rescue Rebel leader Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and make use of the stolen plans to destroy the Empire’s ultimate weapon. In a legendary confrontation, the rogue group mounts an attack against the Death Star for a climactic battle with the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.

Saturday, August 17, 10:30 a.m. ShedRehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 17, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraFrançois-Xavier Roth, conductor^Kirill Gerstein, pianoBRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

Sunday, August 18, 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraFrançois-Xavier Roth, conductorYo-Yo Ma, celloMembers of the BSO horn sectionSCHUMANN Concert Piece for four horns and orchestraSCHUMANN Cello ConcertoBRAHMS Serenade No. 1Wednesday, August 21, 8 p.m. Ozawa HallHong Kong Chinese Orchestra^Huichang Yan, conductor^

With its roots in the musical heritage of its homeland, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is a cultural phenomenon: an ensemble of more than 80 players, performing on traditional Chinese instruments placed in a Western orchestral configuration. The orchestra has built a repertoire that includes not only time-honored Chinese music but also contemporary works, many composed especially for the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra by some of the leading composers of our time. This is one of only two U.S. engagements on the ensemble’s 2019 international tour.

Week 8 (August 23-25)

On Friday, August 23, BSO Assistant Conductor Yu-An Chang leads the BSO in the overture to Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G featuring Ingrid Fliter, and Schubert’s Symphony No. 2. Long established as one of Tanglewood’s most anticipated and beloved evenings, John Williams’ Film Night returns on Saturday, August 24, with Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams introducing the festive evening, which features the Boston Pops and conductor David Newman performing a program celebrating the music of Hollywood and beyond. And closing out the BSO’s 2019 Tanglewood season, Giancarlo Guerrero leads the BSO, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, with vocal soloists Nicole Cabell, J’Nai Bridges, Nicholas Phan, and Morris Robinson, in the orchestra’s traditional season-ending performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on Sunday, August 25. The concert opens with Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erde (Peace on Earth), for unaccompanied chorus, featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

Friday, August 23, 6 p.m. Ozawa HallPrelude ConcertTanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor

Friday, August 23, 8 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraYu-An Chang, conductor^^Ingrid Fliter, pianoMENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s DreamRAVEL Piano Concerto in GSCHUBERT Symphony No. 2

Saturday, August 24, 10:30 a.m. Shed Rehearsal, Sunday program

Saturday, August 24, 8 p.m. ShedJohn Williams’ Film Night Boston PopsDavid Newman, conductorJohn Williams, hostJohn Williams’ Film Night has long been established as one of the Tanglewood calendar’s most anticipated and beloved evenings. Join Mr. Williams as he introduces this year’s celebration of the music of Hollywood and beyond, featuring the Boston Pops and conductor David Newman.

Sunday, August 25, 2:30 p.m. ShedBoston Symphony OrchestraGiancarlo Guerrero, conductor Nicole Cabell, sopranoJ’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano+Nicholas Phan, tenorMorris Robinson, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductorSCHOENBERG Friede auf Erde (Peace on Earth), for unaccompanied chorusBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

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